{"id":17613,"date":"2021-04-05T18:07:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T15:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/?p=17613"},"modified":"2021-04-12T16:21:43","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T13:21:43","slug":"love-rekindled-after-five-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/?p=17613","title":{"rendered":"Covid19 drained our finances and we had to postpone the wedding by 9 months"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0By Beatrice Nakibuuka<\/strong><\/p>\n

Musa Musa Ssebugwaawo Bombokka and Nuruh Namata first met in January 2013 when Musa had just joined university and Nuruh was in her Senior Six vacation. After some time, they each went different ways but had exchanged phone contacts and Facebook names.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring that holiday, I worked in a boutique and he would buy clothes for his sisters. He mentioned a liking for me at that time but I did not take him seriously because he was still in school and I was not ready for a relationship,\u201d Nuru recalls.<\/p>\n

They were friends but Musa liked her and he asked her for more time to complete school. After some time, she stopped working at the boutique and he lost her contact . But because she was a humble, beautiful, hardworking and God-fearing woman, Musa looked for her again in November 2018 through her Facebook name.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis time I was settled and more determined. I was sure about my feelings for her. I sent her a friend request and she quickly responded so we started chatting again. For more than five months, I tried convincing her that she was the woman I wanted to marry,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

After five months, Nuruh was convinced that he was the right man for her.<\/p>\n

\u201cDeep within, I was thanking God for the man I had because he is loving, caring, respectful and down-to-earth. I would look no further than him,\u201d says Nuruh.\"\"<\/p>\n

Dates<\/strong>
\nBy April 2019, they had started going on dates and their relationship grew stronger every day.
\n\u201cHe was renting and I was staying at my sister\u2019s place but we would meet. He then asked me to inform my parents and relatives that he was ready to marry me, we agreed upon the dates. By March 2020, we were ready to get married after the kukyala in September 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

The couple was affected by the Covid-19 pandemic-induced lockdown, so they kept postponing the dates because they were not working.<\/p>\n

\u201cThings were not adding up financially. For about nine months, we were not working and the little we had saved; we used it so we had to wait until we had enough. I am thankful to my wife because she was patient and stood by me until we were ready to legalise our marriage,\u201d Musa says.<\/p>\n

Best moments\"\"<\/strong>On the day of the nikah (marriage contract in Islam) ceremony, Musa was happy when Nuruh\u2019s father accepted to have his daughter married to him. \u201cFinally, my heart was at peace. At any nikah, the father\u2019s consent is vital. When I heard the statement, I was overjoyed. The signing of the marriage certificates felt like a delay. She was mine at last.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nuruh was still dressing up and she was informed that her husband-to-be had arrived. \u201cI became emotional. I cried tears of joy. By the time I got out of the house for the first time, I saw him and could not believe my day had finally come,\u201d she recalls.<\/p>\n

The disappointments<\/strong>
\nMusa and entourage arrived at the agreed time but the hosts were not ready.
\n\u201cWe were made to stop at Nuruh\u2019s neighbourhood and waited for long. I was anxious but wanted the event done as soon as possible,\u201d he recounts.
\nFor Nuruh, their delay was caused by the master of ceremonies (MC).
\n\u201cThe MC delayed to come even when we had paid him the full amount. We kept calling him but he was not answering his calls. At some point, I felt like going to look for him myself or even replace him. Thank God, he finally made it,\u201d she says.
\nIf they had another chance to redo their wedding, they would put more time to the planning because they prepared for the Nikah in a space of one month when they finally got the money for the function.
\n\u201cWe would have a better public address system and invite more people to witness the wedding.\u201d\"\"<\/p>\n

The expenses<\/strong>
\nThe budget for their Nikah was Shs10m and Musa had half of this amount. The rest was contributed by relatives in the two preparatory meetings they had.
\nThe most expensive item was the food, which cost Shs3m and decoration at Shs2.5m. The make-up went for Shs200,000, the gomesi at Shs500,000 and the changing dress Shs300,000.
\nThey had a three-tier cake baked at Shs300,000.<\/p>\n

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